BEYOND THE CURVE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FEBRUARY – MARCH RESULTS,  2022

(Alprazolam)

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Home Is Where I Lay By Sam m Bell

COMPETING NOMINEES

The Roommate By Curtis Pollock

Best Short Film (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

First Day By Arya Moghaddam

COMPETING NOMINEES

Masquerade By Jason Pitts

Home Wreckers By Joe Ferrera

Apache Girl By Richard Allen Pines

Grey by Ferrari Xavi

Ombré Ma Fí – “Payment Withheld” By Charli Brown

Rabbit Hole By jack langford

Rumbo: First Pee By Lauro Chartrand-DelValle 

The Dinner Party By Jennifer A Davis

Los Patines By Loren Escandon

Who Am I? By Adeh Baghdasarian

Goodnights By Rich Toulmin

The Missed By Trey Tetreault

Appalachian By James Wosochlo

Explorandum By Rafael Noriega

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Conflict By Chozy Aiyub, Malik J Ali

Best Documentary (Narrative/Short) (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER 

Freedom Street By Alfred Darren Pek

COMPETING NOMINEES

Hope in the Water By Jake Weinberger, Nicolas Quintairos

Monk Arsenije By Svetlana Cemin

Street City By Maristela Avila

Captain George Moves By Jack Graham

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Bloody Petrol By Reza Azadi

Best Feature Script or Screenplay (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Ap*pe*tite By Kevin Mann

COMPETING NOMINEES

Rise of the Accenniri – Part I By Charli Brown

Undeniable Spirit By Stephanie Jacobsmeyer

Misfortune Cookies By Don Stroud

Escape From Agron By Tarik Topal

Road Trippy By Joe Heath

Stand Your Ground By FRANK P MANCUSO

Questioning By  Joshua Allen

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Synesthesia Story By Jillian Vitko

Best Short Script or Screenplay (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Night Shift By Peter Salisbury

COMPETING NOMINEES

Gate Bait By Paul Grammatico

Wine, Whiskey and Lullabies By Emerald Hardy

Best Web Series Pilot (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Good Morning R.I.P. (EP4) By Luke Jacunski

COMPETING NOMINEES

Valdís By Aidan J Crowley

 

Best Web Series Pilot Script (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Parenting For Monsters By Alex Stathis

COMPETING NOMINEES

Street Soldiers By Marc Castaldo

The Mad Poet’s Cafe Pilot episode By Julia Warren

Best Music Video (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Walking on Rivers – Off the trails By Stephan Fröhlich

COMPETING NOMINEES

Ted By Rosie Wyse

Love is love By Mike Trash

“A New Generation” Music Video By Jason Winfield

When Skies Were Blue By Rhode Breaker

Your Alarm Bell By André Mancebo Heizer

Best Queer Narrative (Short/Feature/Documentary) (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Love is love By Mike Trash

Best Midnight Movie (Any Genre) (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

UnOrdinary Love By Amanda Rosario Glass, Curtis Brown

Best Women's Film (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

The Best Time By Shaunic Stanford 

COMPETING NOMINEES

An Apple and Two Cherries By Mina Petrović

Taken for Granted By Manasi Patel

El Ultímo Adiós By Federica Alice Carlino

Sostenme (Hold Me) By Julianna Leopold

VIOLETA DE COBALTO By Ricardo Serna

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

THE DARKNESS THAT YOU FEAR By Melissa Morán

Best Animated Film (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Best Trailer (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Rumbo: First Pee By Lauro Chartrand-DelValle

COMPETING NOMINEES

Vital Idol By Mike Trash

Best Comedy (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Dashboard Dogs By Toco

COMPETING NOMINEES

Rumbo: First Pee By Lauro Chartrand-DelValle 

Tiny Little Worlds By Julia Warren

Best Student Film (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Kumaru By Bruno Maravilha, Patrícia Santos, Tânia Teixeira

COMPETING NOMINEES

MY HOME By Steven Zhu

Love is Not a Dream By Samantha Ariel Berlanga

In The Middle By Linlin Zhu

El Encuentro (The Embrace) By Nahyr Galaz Ruiz

 

Best Horror (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

ECLIPSE By Philipp Dyachkov

 

COMPETING NOMINEES

Tom and his Zombie Wife By Kevin Short

Twilight of Dreams: Ep.01 “Zombie Jesus Vampire Hunter” By Gustavo Aviles

Love is Not a Dream By Samantha Ariel Berlanga

Within Oneself By Felicia Mead

CHEST By Aaron Irons

Best Romance (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Everything I Never Said By Nahyr Galaz Ruiz

COMPETING NOMINEES

15 Roses By Joe Schufreider

Love is Not a Dream By Samantha Ariel Berlanga

 

Best Thriller (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Roses are Blind By Gui Agustini

 

COMPETING NOMINEES

Voicemail By Tari Kristine Robinson

Best Original Music (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

“A New Generation” Music Video By Jason Winfield

COMPETING NOMINEES

Emergency Musical Response By Cosmo Swevens

Best Sci-Fi Movie (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

The Iron Rose By Joshua Steven Martinez

Best Drama (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Goodnights By Rich Toulmin

COMPETING NOMINEES

Bonded by Blue By Michelle Rouady

Quarantine Stories (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

In Deep Waters By Francesca Beatrice Marie

Best Director (Sub Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

 WINNER

Rich Toulmin For Goodnights

COMPETING NOMINEES

Lauro Chartrand-DelValle For Rumbo: First Pee  

Nahyr Galaz Ruiz For El Encuentro (The Embrace)  

Best Editor (Sub Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

László Bús For LISA & EMMA 

COMPETING NOMINEES

Tara D. Robinson For Voicemail 

Rumbo: First Pee By Lauro Chartrand-DelValle

Best Actor (Sub Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Iván Bernal For El Encuentro (The Embrace) 

 

COMPETING NOMINEES

Carmen Silva For Valdís

Best Actress (Sub Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Cynthia Galaz Ochoa By El Encuentro (The Embrace)

COMPETING NOMINEES

Justine Warrington For Rumbo: First Pee

Moriah N. Boone For Love Letter

Natalia Voight For Valdís

VIOLETA DE COBALTO

Best Supporting Actor (Sub Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Armando Matarazzo For Everything I Never Said

COMPETING NOMINEES

Rumbo: First Pee By Lauro Chartrand-DelValle

Best Supporting Actress (Sub Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

VIOLETA DE COBALTO By Alejandra Alanis Ortiz

COMPETING NOMINEES

Hélène Cardona By Halo

Nahyr Galaz Ruiz By Everything I Never Said

Annie Walker By Valdís

Best Experimental Film (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Bright Like The Sun By Thida Nathalie

COMPETING NOMINEES

Jupiter 2032 By Nathalie Vaglio

LISA & EMMA By László Bús

thorns (2022) By Rob Bowen

Best Dance Film (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Bound By Sera Milavetz

COMPETING NOMINEES

GARDEN PARTY By Didier MULLERAS

Best Podcast (Main Category) : BCIFF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

WINNER

Complicit, A True Mystery Podcast By Hilary Wadsworth, Caitlin Boddy

COMPETING NOMINEES

LTAR :The Second Pandemic- Domestic violence in America By Lanita Duke

Burner Face By John Gauntt